Tattoos reviewed in the TLS

Writing in these pages last year, Ian Sansom observed tartly that “tattoos became largely unremarkable sometime between Mattel’s introduction of the Totally Stylin’ Tattoos Barbie (Doll N4758) in 2009 and the arrival of Samantha Cameron’s ankle tattoo in Downing Street in 2010” (TLS, August 16, 2024).